Scranton, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Frenchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40322. It stands on Slab Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Scranton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 663 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | DEVILS SPA |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITTS ACRES |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | COMBS |
| 15 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RYAN ROAD |
| 8 April 2013 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | LEATHERWOOD |
| 6 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Smoking | 198 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CLEAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scranton in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | A tree was reportedly blown down by thunderstorm downburst winds near 1400 Tom Stamper Road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craft (historical) | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Big Woods | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ratliff | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Leatherwood (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Korea | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dan | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Back (historical) | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Denniston (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Scranton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7438732 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515303. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





